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Jasmine Tucker

Jasmine Tucker is a research analyst at the National Priorities Project. In her role, she conducts research on a variety of topics, such as the President’s budget, federal spending and tax policy, as well as social insurance and safety net programs. She r

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Jasmine Tucker is the research Analyst at the National Priorities Prohect. She leads research on a variety of topics, such as the President’s budget, federal spending and tax policy, as well as social insurance and safety net programs. She received a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from The George Washington University, where she focused on poverty and social policy, and is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park.

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Today is Tax Day, and millions of Americans are trying to get their taxes doen before the deadline. As you send in that check to the IRS or eagerly await your tax refund, have you stopped to think about what the federal government is doing with that money? Many Americans don’t, and for good reason: it's pretty difficult to find out how your tax dollars were spent, or to understand how your tax dollars fit into the overall picture of federal revenue that funds the essential programs, infrastructure, and services we rely on. Here are four things you should know: 1. The government spent a...

Budgets are about our nation’s priorities: What do we want to spend money on? How are we going to raise the money we want to spend? And though ultimately the budget enacted by Congress will probably look very different from the budget proposal released by the president, the president’s budget is important. It’s the president’s vision for the country in fiscal year 2016 and beyond and reflects input and spending requests from every federal agency.

On Tuesday we at the National Priorities Project released our fourth annual, one-of a kind Competing Visions analysis , which compares the president’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal to two significantly different visions – the House Republican budget resolution, introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan, and an alternative introduced by the House Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC). Our analysis highlights the top issues that matter most to Americans and, using opinion polls, shows how each proposal stacks up against what Americans want. It’s clear that some lawmakers’ visions are out of step with...